How to Connect Business Central with Visual Studio Code - Part-2

Hi Everyone,

In this blog we will see how we can Install & Connect VS Code with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2019 W1 On Premise.

As discussed in earlier post, we have seen steps to Download & Installation of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central W1 (On-Premise). You can refer below mentioned link for Part-1:

https://kunalhuria.blogspot.com/2021/07/installation-microsoft-dynamics-365.html

Step-(1) Install Visual Studio Code by following below snapshots:

Step-(2) Click Install & then click on Finish button.

Step-(3) Now Open Visual Studio Code, On Extension Management Tab (Ctrl + Shift + X),  Install the  AL Language Extension Version v7.4.496506.

Step-(4) Now Open Command Pallet and search AL:Go command & hit enter.

Step-(5) Now tag the Folder Name or Path where the Project/Extension Files stores.

Step-(6) After this, we have to select the Target Platform which means exact BC version we have already installed in the system.

7.0 - For BC 2021 Wave1. [BC18]

6.0 - For BC 2020 Wave 2. [BC17]

5.0 - For BC 2020 Wave 1. [BC16]

4.0 - For 2019 Wave 2. [BC15]

3.0 - For BC Spring 2019. [BC14]

2.0 - For BC Fall 18. [BC13]

1.0 - For BC Spring 18. [NAV 2018]

Step-(7) Now, Choose the server for SaaS select Microsoft cloud sandbox or for On-Prem select Your own server.

Step-(8) Now. in app.json file, change the value of defined parameters accordingly 

 

• Server - define localhost initials in case of on-Prem.
• Server Instance - Name of service defined during Installation.
• Authentication - (i) Windows - using same system authentication OR (ii) User Password - need to specify the user password to authenticate.
• Port - Bydefault Development port is 7049,In Case of change during installtion specify exact Development port like: "Port" : 8049, or any

Note:- Before downloading the symbols, Make Sure you have enabled checkbox for Enable Developer Endpoint parameter in Business Central Administration. 

Step-(9) Now, just download the symbols using the command Pallet (Ctrl+Shift+P) & select AL:Download Symbols.

Step-(10) Now Run without debugging using (Ctrl + F5), and finally the package will published successfully.

And you can enjoy your further development ;)

I hope this will help you to setup your Development environment in Business Central On-Premise version.

Thanks!! Stay connected for more articles :)